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Resident speaks of seeing the flames

Samantha Wood who lives opposite the site said her daughter first alerted her to the blaze last night.

She said: “It was about 8.30pm and a friend was dropping my 18-year-old daughter, Katie Evans off.“Katie said ‘there’s some smoke’ over there but at first I just thought it was someone burning some rubbish. But five minutes later there was a flash and we knew something was happening.”

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Jaguar owner says business not affected too badly

David Bye, managing director of West Riding Jaguar, one of two car companies, based at the site, has spoken to us. He said: “Luckily the fire was in the opposite end of the building and has not affected our business too much apart from some smoke damage.

“I got a phone call from a friend of my wife’s and we managed to move about 30 cars off the forecourt so that took a lot of the danger away and the firefighters were able to contain it to the other part of the building.

“It is Prestige Motors who share the site with us which has had some vehicles destroyed. A caravan, two motor homes and half-a-dozen cars including a couple of BMWs.“No-one knows at the moment how it started but the main thing is that no-one was hurt.”

12:57Susie Beever

The scene this afternoon

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Full story

Here is the latest story on the fire last night - fire investigators are currently probing the blaze to see if there are any suspicious circumstances. This is everything we know so far.

Fire fighter says road will remain closed this morning

Dewsbury Watch Commander Andy Thornton was at the scene last night.

He said: “A fire investigator is trying to find the cause of this blaze. Nine fire engines and one aerial appliance attended the incident. We had to close Huddersfield Road and today (Sun) that will still be ongoing with relief crews.

“Crews managed to prevent the fire spreading to the left hand side of the building. Access was difficult, it was a very tricky operation.“Around 50 fire fighters were involved in tackling the fire and will continue damping down today.”

10:28Susie Beever

Update from the fire service

Here is the information West Yorkshire Fire have given on who attended the fire last night:

“A caravan and car became involved in fire which spread to building and four vehicles and caravans.

“Incident needed nine pumps and one aerial also utilised.

“Crews used seven large jets, four breathing apparatus and three hose reels.